Review of the WATERS Network Science Plan (2010) / Chapter Skim
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4 Major Research Equipment and Facilities Construction
4 Major Research Equipment and Facilities Construction
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Investments in computing resources and for supporting cyberinfrastructure can be included in the design plan and the construction costs. In most MREFC projects, construction occurs over a relatively limited period of time (approximately 5 years)
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CASE FOR ESTABLISHING THE WATERS NETWORK WITH MREFC FUNDING MREFC is a possible mechanism to fund the infrastructure envisioned for the WATERS Network. One of the major strengths of the WATERS Network is that hydrologic sciences, engineering disciplines, and the social sciences are cooperatively developing the WATERS Network plan with the full support of the three NSF directorates.
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Network and the more recent Critical Zone Observatories, funded under directorate research programs, are examples where individual observatory sites conduct transformative science without meeting the MREFC criteria, even though additional comparative insights are gained by having multiple observatories. The Science Plan makes a convincing case that the WATERS Network will likely lead to strong, transformative science in its individual pieces.
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The committee envisions that policy-relevant social sciences questions could be addressed at a national scale through the WATERS Network, at least for the specific issues developed in the Science Plan. For example, how do incentive- and regulatory-based management approaches differ in their ability to control nutrient loading and hypoxia in rural, suburban, and urban watersheds, and how consistent are these differences across different hydrologic conditions?
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As the WATERS team goes forward, it should bolster its case that a national network of observatories is required to address the science questions that are posed. The committee believes that such a case can be made, especially with a strong social sciences component as part of the interdisciplinary water science network.
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Major Research Equipment and Facilities Construction 43 ence Plan while taking better advantage of advances in technology over time.
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